Happy Saturday! Helen's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdsInAbstract I was messing about with curves in lightroom after a camera club talk. A pied kingfisher in #Botswana had speared a fish and was trying to work out what to do with it! It flew off before it worked it out! #birds #abstract #safari #art

We have a mass hatching of ivy bees. They are harmless and although described as solitary, they can have many nests in one area. There are hundreds in our greenhouse going out to feed on the ivy. I have also given them golden rod and buddleia to help them along! #bees #wildlife #photography

Great egret with a #Mouthful of snake. #BirdOfTheDay #EastCoastKin #birds

Little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) eats a cricket in the tall grass & reeds for the #mouthful #BirdOfTheDay theme CREW flint pen strand trails Bonita Springs, Florida 8-14-26 #birds #nature #photography #flyDay #ECK #threeWordGenre #birding #birdSky #BlueSkyArtShow #blue #florida

Female Stonechat with a #Mouthful for #BirdoftheDay #BirdPhotography #WelshBirds

🪶Happy Friday Everyone! Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Mouthful; any bird with anything in its beak. A Barn Owl with a mouthful of an unfortunate vole for breakfast. @derbyshirebirds.bsky.social @derbyswildlife.bsky.social @peakdistrict.bsky.social #DERBYSHIRE #birds #UKBIRDS #SuperbOwl

Today’s alt #BirdOfTheDay is #Black; Black vultures were a feature of our trip to #CostaRica. This group were on a beach near Tortugeuro. It is known for nesting #turtles, hence the name, and no doubt the vultures will be very active when the young hatch. #birds #wildlife #eck #photography #canon

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #Mouthful It may not be a large mouthful (beakful?) but this male #kingfisher has got at least a snack. Taken @maplelodgereserve.bsky.social they have become quite used to people and make frequent use of the perches supplied for them! #birds #wildlife #eck #canon

A female Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia) is for the alt #BirdoftheDay theme #Black&White. The tiny blue flower is on a stem of Florida native creeping sage (Salvia misella). #birds #warblers #backyard #Florida

The #birdoftheday (alt) theme is #black&white In 2021 a snowy owl visited the east coast of the U.K. Mega rare, though they bred in Shetland in the 70’s, so the twitching community descended en masse. Stunning bird hunting the salt marsh as the tide drove it towards us! #owls #birds #eck #wildlife

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme chosen by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #Iridescence Lilac-breasted rollers are often perched up on acacia in the African scrub. Their lilac, purple and blue feathers shimmer in the sun though dawn and dusk gives then a softer hue. #birds #safari #africa #eck #wildlife

Today’s alt #BirdOfTheDay is #RSTU In Winter snow buntings hang around the Cairngorm ski-lift car park searching both for natural and photographer supplied food! This one was part of a flock feasting on the latter whilst I shivered in sub-zero temperatures. #birds #scotland #cairngorm #snow #eck

Alan has chosen #ABCD for today’s #BirdOfTheDay Dippers live in mountain streams. Their white eyelid is used to signal to other dippers, useful when you can’t be heard above the noise of the water. A different membrane also protects their eyes underwater. Clever stuff! #birds ##eck #wildlife #canon

A juvenile Black-headed Gull sharing a rock with Maureen the Mallard. #BirdOfTheDay #BirdBuddies #birds

Thought these two cuties would suit bird of the day theme today.... #birdbuddies #Bluesky #photography #ECK #eastcoastkin #wildlifephotography #birdoftheday #ukbirds #natural #birds #birdsyoulove

🪶 @helenbennett.bsky.social has chosen #BirdsInGreen as today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme. Sri Lanka is an incredible island for birds. This little-green bee-eater was seen quite often in open arid areas, fly catching from open perches. It is a resident breeder. #birds #srilanka #wildlife #eck #canon

@helenbennett.bsky.social's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #BirdBuddies: In Winter brent geese number in the thousands. Sometimes one of their rarer cousins the red-breasted goose joins them. Despite looking garish they can be surprisingly hard to pick out in large flocks. #birds #geese #eck #norfolk

Back in the saddle after a months enforced absence from twitching. Red-necked phalarope by the 7th green at the Oxfordshire Golf Club! It kept very much to the middle of the lake and so was pretty distant. Some good size comparisons next to a bh gull and tuftie duck was nice. #ukbirds #ukbirding

#BirdOfTheDay Alternative Theme is #Borbs #Birds #BirdPhotography Long-tailed tit

Today’s alt #BirdOfTheDay is #Borbs This chubby little fellow is a white-collared manakin. I saw it roosting whilst on a night-walk in #totuguero in #costarica. It is a resident breeder in the forests. think it was a bit grumpy to be woken up but we left it in peace! #birds #wildlife #eck #canon

Atlantic Birding has chosen #HeronsAndEgrets as the theme for #BirdOfTheDay This is a bare-throated tiger-heron from Costa Rica. This exotic looking heron was actually stalking along a boat-dock early one morning. They are quite large and wide-spread in Central America. #birds #costarica #wildlife

#BirdOfTheDay Alt theme is #SittingOnWater A very common and often overlooked bird is the tufted duck. Seemingly black feathers have shades of purple when the sun shines. In winter large numbers can gather, diving for their food in lakes and ponds. #birds #ducks #wildlife #eck #canon

#BirdOfTheDay theme is #Pigeons, any Pigeon will do! Well, this is a rather urban pigeon (technically I suppose a rock dove) being photobombed by the Oakland Bay bridge in San Francisco. Very common bird but still handsome! #birds #sanfrancisco #photobomb #wildlife #eck

#BirdOfTheDay ALT theme is #Grounded One for the twitchers! No, it’s not a dunnock. In 2022 a mega-rare alpine accentor rocked up in Suffolk. Major twitch ensued with hundreds on site from before dawn! The accentor showed well leaving its fans very happy. #birds #ukbirds #rarity #twitch #suffolk

😊 Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is: #InFlight Short-eared owls are winter visitors near me. Some years are better than others dependent upon weather and vole numbers in Scandinavia. This was a good year and this site had at least 5 birds. #birds #owls #wildlife #winter #eck #staines #voles

Today’s alt #birdoftheday theme is #BrightAccents This is a very high-key shot of a black-winged stilt, its red-legs contrasting with a monochrome body. Once very rare they now occasionally breed at reserves like @rspbframptonmarsh.bsky.social #birds #lincolnshire #highkey #wildlife #eck #canon

Today's #BirdOfTheDay chosen by Helen is #BirdNaps turnstones are iconic birds of the seaside. Often feeding on insects in the strand line they have adapted to eat chips on the seafront in towns like Wells! This one is having a post-prandial nap. #birds #norfolk #wildlife #eck #seaside #canon #sleep

Today’s alt #BirdOfTheDay is #Thrushes Quite a simple one. Our local male blackbird sitting on a chair in our back garden. They are currently gorging on late blackberries which we are more than happy to share with them! #birds #ukbirds #gardenbirds #garden #wildlife

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social, today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Contrast The beaches of South Georgia have black sand contrasting with the white fronts of the thousands of king penguins. They also produce some amusing “caption competition” shots. #birds #antarctica #penguin #eck #wildlife #canon

@robcrank68.bsky.social Today's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme is #RedHeads Lineated woodpeckers are a relatively common sight in the parks of #costarica. Large and spectacular with their red-crest they make short work of rotten-wood in search of food. #birds #wildlife #nature #eck #canon